As part of efforts to combat the scourge of praedial larceny, which is costing farmers up to $5 billion annually, the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and…
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PM counters ‘untrue narrative’ about compensation review
Prime Minister Andrew Holness is urging Jamaicans to avoid falling for misinformation being circulated on social media that public sector workers are earning less salaries after the compensation review. “I have been monitoring…
Helmet relief
THE failure of some motorcyclists to wear helmets has prompted the Government to team up with the police in pursuing a new enforcement campaign to quell the lawlessness. Prime Minister Andrew Holness made…
Young offenders spared the courts
MORE than 160 children between the ages of 12 and 17 accused, implicated, or suspected of breaches of the law, avoided the formal justice system in the last fiscal year as they benefited…
Phillips blasts Gov’t for ‘ramshackle’ public transport
OPPOSITION spokesman on transport Mikael Phillips has blasted the Andrew Holness-led Government over its handling of the transport portfolio, in particular its management of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC). “Bad policy, political…
Sloppy lawyers
Justice Minister Delroy Chuck has rapped attorneys for failure to properly file documents in probate and divorce cases. Making his contribution to the 2023/24 Sectoral Debate in Parliament on Tuesday, Chuck pointed to…
Container housing controversy
BELLEFIELD, Manchester — General secretary of the Opposition People’s National Party Dr Dayton Campbell says while he remains open to being convinced about container housing solutions, the Andrew Holness Administration needs an acceptable…
Unfinished business
THE Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament is expected to meet today to examine a performance audit report of the Ministry of Health and Wellness, but anti-corruption lobby groups are calling for the…
Pilots at American, Southwest, ratchet up strike threats
DALLAS, United States (AP) — Pilots at American Airlines have voted to authorise a strike, and Southwest Airlines pilots are preparing to join them, as unions put more pressure on the airlines to…
Search for Jamaicans in war-torn Sudan yields no result
AS hundreds of thousands of people continue to flee the fighting in Sudan, Jamaica’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has reported that no Jamaicans have been identified in the conflict areas. The United Nations…